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International Capital Markets Newsletter Issue 2 – Winter 2020: Euronext’s Green Bond Offering

In November 2019, Euronext announced the launch of its Euronext Green Bonds Offering across its six regulated markets in Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Oslo and Paris. The Green Bonds Offering was the first product...more

International Capital Markets Newsletter Issue 2 – Winter 2020: The EU Prospectus Regulation – Six Months On…

On 21 July 2019, the remaining provisions of the EU Prospectus Regulation came into force. Since this date, prospectuses for offers of securities to the public or admission to a regulated market in the EU have been required...more

Financial Reporting Council Publishes New Stewardship Code 2020

On 24 October 2019, the Financial Reporting Council (the "FRC"), the regulatory body for auditors, accountants and actuaries, published the UK Stewardship Code 2020 (the "Code"). In its press release, the FRC states that the...more

ESMA Clarifies The Application of The Prospectus Directive and Transparency Directive in The Event of a "No-Deal" Brexit

In a series of votes on 29 January 2019, the parliament of the United Kingdom (the “UK”) rejected proposals aimed at preventing the UK from leaving the European Union (the “EU”) on 29 March 2019 without a Withdrawal Agreement...more

The Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018

In addition to the revised corporate governance code published by the Financial Reporting Council in July 2018 (the “Code”) (which applies to accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019), new legislative reporting...more

Electronic Signatures: Law Commission Considers Need for Legislative Reform

As part of its 13th Programme of Law Reform, the Law Commission published a Consultation Paper1 on the electronic execution of documents on 21 August 2018. Whilst the Law Commission provisionally clarified that existing law...more

2018 UK Corporate Governance Code published

A new 2018 version of The UK Corporate Governance Code has been published by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) following a period of consultation. The new Code is broadly similar to the current 2016 Code, but is in a...more

Delay of Disclosure of Inside Information

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its 19th edition of the Primary Market Bulletin on 11 June, 2018. The FCA is consulting on a proposed update to its existing guidance note on periodic financial information...more

FTSE gender balance a year on – is progress being made?

The Hampton-Alexander Review (the “Review”), an independent, business led review supported by the UK Government, has published its ‘one year on’ supplementary report on gender balance in FTSE leadership....more

Dechert's Global Private Equity Newsletter - Summer 2017 Edition: How Might Brexit Affect the Exit?

The UK referendum on membership of the EU took place just over one year ago (on June 23, 2016). Since then, much has been written by various commentators about the potential consequences for every conceivable industry or...more

Update on the New Prospectus Regime

As part of its Capital Markets Union action plan, in June 2017 the EU adopted the new Prospectus Regulation (2017/1129), which overhauls the prospectus regime and is intended to improve accessibility to capital markets for...more

AIM companies and Scottish partnerships to be brought within the scope of the PSC register regime

From 24 July 2017, UK companies whose shares are admitted to trade on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market, and other companies listed on prescribed markets, will no longer be exempt from the requirements to keep and...more

Consultation Begins Over Possible UK Corporate Governance Reform

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has recently published a Green Paper on options for future corporate governance reform. The Government’s stated objective is to put in place “the right checks...more

Global Private Equity Newsletter - Spring 2016 Edition: New UK Requirement for UK Companies and LLPs to Maintain A Register of...

1. With effect from April 6, 2016, all companies incorporated or formed under the UK Companies Acts, other than exempt companies (see paragraph 3), and all limited liability partnerships (LLPs) incorporated under the UK...more

PSC Register – The Next Step in UK Corporate Transparency

UK companies and LLPs will be required to keep a register of people with “significant control” over the company (the “PSC Register”) from 6 April 2016 which will be publically accessible and will need to be filed at Companies...more

European Commission Announces Proposals to Overhaul the EU Prospectus Regime

The European Commission on 30 November 2015 announced proposals to overhaul the prospectus rules to improve access to finance for companies and simplify information for investors. The new prospectus regulation forms part...more

Improving the Gender Balance on British Boards

Lord Davies of Abersoch published on 29 October 2015, a five year review of his 2011 report aimed at improving the gender balance at the top of British business. There has been a significant improvement in the...more

London Stock Exchange consults on changes to the AIM Rules which apply to investing companies and AIM companies that undertake a...

The London Stock Exchange (“LSE”) on 15 October 2015 published AIM Notice 421 announcing a consultation in relation to certain proposed changes to the AIM Rules for Companies (“AIM Rules”) potentially affecting “investing...more

AIM and Euroclear Improve Ability of US Issuers to Access London Capital Market

The London Stock Exchange ("LSE") on 7 August 2015, published AIM Notice 411 and issued new guidance in Inside AIM2 on certain U.S. securities known as "Regulation S, Category 3 securities," which is intended to improve the...more

Restricting Share Capital Reductions in Takeovers

The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 17) Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”) came into force on 4 March 2015. The Regulations amend section 641 of the Companies Act 2006 to prevent a company from reducing its share...more

Equity Capital Markets: New ABI Transaction Guidelines

The Association of British Insurers (“ABI”) has published guidance on the expectations and views of ABI members on various aspects of equity capital market transactions. The guidance is split into three sections, ‘Initial...more

‘Transparency and Trust’: Proposed Changes to Company Law in the UK

On 25 June 2014, the Government published the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill. It includes a wide range of measures designed to improve the legislative environment for small businesses and incorporates...more

UK Government Responds to BIS Transparency and Trust Discussion Paper

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) on 21 April 2014 published the UK Government’s response to its discussion paper Transparency & Trust: Enhancing the transparency of UK company ownership and increasing...more

FCA Unveils New UK Listing Rules to Strengthen Minority Investor Rights

In the wake of recent high-profile corporate governance controversies the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has, this week, issued its proposed new Listing Rules which, when implemented, will give enhanced rights to...more

London Stock Exchange to Introduce New High Growth Segment of the Main Market

Background - The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (‘BIS’) announced in September 2012 that it had developed proposals with the London Stock Exchange (the ‘LSE’) to attract high growth companies to list...more

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